Low-A Charleston is off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The Northern Divison squad beat their Southern counterparts 3-1 (Charleston is in the Southern Division). Here’s what the guys did…
Mitch Hilligoss: 3 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – started at third, batted second, and played the whole gameEduardo Nunez: 0 for 2, 1 K – started at short, batted ninth, pulled in the top of the 6th
David Robertson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – pitched the third
Jon Hovis: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – pitched part of the 8th even though he has far superior stats than the damn Papelbon brother that wasÂ brought in for the 9th

Man, what a game. Irvine was down 7-3 in the bottom of the 8th facing ASU’s devastating closer, Jason Jarvis, but 3 straight walks set the stage for aÂ Ben Orloff HBP andÂ a Cody Cipriano single to bring the deficit to 2. Morris followed with his game tying 2-run gapper, then scored the winning run on a walk-off single by Ollie Linton in the bottom of the 10th. The Anteaters have won their last 3 games via a walk-off hit; and the powerful Sun Devils are headed back to Tempe.

On the other end, Louisville’s cinderella season came to an end. Big ups to first year coachÂ Dan McDonald for getting his team into the postseason for only the second time in school history, let aloneÂ taking them toÂ Omaha and actually winning a game. Something tells me that isn’t how Howes would have liked his college career to end though.

If you haven’t been watching the CWS, you’re missing out on some of the best baseball you’ll see all year.

No love for G-Rod? I thought they gave up on the catcher idea because his bat was too special?

CB

Mike,

Could you give a brief breakdown of Abe Almonte? Is he as good as rumored? The next Jose Reyes? After watching Reyes run wild on us, that would be a treat.

dan

im really not excited about finding out whether or not these guys are gonna have good years. almost all of them are so far away that i dont see the point really.

but how about sardhina going .333/.366/.615 his last 10 games? hes finally starting to earn his keep.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Ben

Chigges was terrible. I was there. He couldn’t get his pitches in spots or record outs.

http://www.canyonofheroes.blogspot.com Mike Plugh

Jairo Heredia in the house!!! I’ve been waiting for this guy since I first heard about him. I’d love to get some info on what kind of stuff he had and what his upside is. There’s been little scouting on him since he signed, but now he’s actually out on the field for the organization and there must be more to go on.

I think “Jairo” means “not-remotely-like-Felix” in Spanish, but I could be wrong.

C-Note

Nice to see Kontos kicking ass since coming back…Betances starts tonight??? Damn, we Got some young guns on the Farm

C-Note

pHIL hUGHES NEWS IN nypost

Phil Hughes had the walking boot removed from his left foot yesterday and expects to start throwing within a week in Tampa. Hughes has been out since May 2 with a hamstring injury. He then suffered a severe ankle sprain doing agility drills later in the month

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike A.

CB – Almonte’s VERY fast, he beat Brett Gardner in a race last year at Instructional League. He’s got some pop in his bat, so he’s not just some slap-hitter. He’s got very nice plate discipline, he had a 45-54 K/BB ratio in the DSL last year (or thereabout, I’m too lazy to look it up). He very well could be the next Jose Reyes, except I don’t think he’s good enough defensively to handle short (his D is his pitfall).